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THE 


Bartels Tin Mining Company 

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Offices: No. 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. 


MINES AT 

TIN CITY, CAPE PRINCE OF WALES, 

ALASKA TERRITORY, U. S. A. 



TIN CITY 


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JOHN REHHAUSER, President 

EUGENE C. BONDY, Secretary 

GEORGE F, ANGER, Treasurer 

BENJ. S. MOREHOUSE, Counsel 
WILLIAM C. J. BARTELS, General Manager and Superintendent 


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ANGER, GEORGE F. KRAKAUR, HENRY G. 

ANGER, LOUIS J. MOREHOUSE, BENJ. S. 

BARTELS, WILLIAM C. J. MULCH, THEODORE H. 

BONDY. EUGENE C. REHHAUSER, JOHN 

BREIDINGER, JOHN SCHUTZ, ADOLPH 

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A new chapter is to be added to the history of the United States. 
The gold miners in the vicinity of York, in Alaska Territory, in 1900, 
found metal-bearing pebbles in their sluice boxes. Officers of the 
United States Geological Survey, then in Alaska, pronounced them to 
be stream tin. The official report of this discovery said : “The wide 
distribution of this mineral (Tin) in the creeks of the York district 
justifies the belief that the veins from which it is derived will yet be 
discovered. ” 

William C. J. Bartels, of New York, with many years experience 
in metallurgy, had spent a long time prospecting in Alaska. On July 
4th, 1902, the patient but tiresome labor of this undaunted explorer 
was rewarded. On that day he located the mother lode or vein of tin 
ore on Cape Mountain, at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. 

Governor Brady, of Alaska, in his “Annual Report for 1902,” to 
the Secretary of the Interior says: “ Tin ore was discovered near Cape 
York in Seward Peninsula. The lode has been found by William C. J. 
Bartels. Humboldt visited this Peninsula a century ago, and predicted 
that it will yield more wealth than all the United States combined.” 

This prediction of the great savant was not understood, nor was 
its basis discerned until recently. The twentieth century, with its 
great strides in mechanical and industrial accomplishments, and its 
world conquering energies displayed in so many gigantic enterprises, 
has verified Humboldt’s prediction. 

The fabulous treasures of Alaska are now being uncovered and 
presented to mankind. As yet the surface of the earth has been 
merely scratched in locating the great wealth reported, and an approx¬ 
imate estimate of the vast riches stored away beneath the soil can 
therefore hardly be made. 


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BARTELS TIN MINING COMPANY 


During the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1903, the sum of $23,618, 
802 was paid for tin imported for our home industries. With the tin 
mines at Tin City, Alaska, in operation, this large amount of money 
annually expended will remain in this country, and it may come to 
pass that the United States will, ere long, be in a position to supply 
any deficiency in the production of tin throughout the world. 

The discovery of the great tin mines of Alaska have been dwelt 
upon to a great extent by nearly all the newspapers of this country. 

The Tacoma Daily News, of July 23, 1903, said: 

‘ ‘A town, to be called Tin City, will be immediately located about 
15 miles above Cape York and 1 mile from Cape Prince of Wales. 

This town, it is expected, will be the shipping point for the tin 
ore which is to be mined in the tin fields of York. The town site 
has been located, and next week will see at least a tented town on 
the shores of Bering Sea in York district. 

The promoters of the new town are the Bartels Tin Mining 
Company, a German-American company organized last winter by 
W. C. J. Bartels, who may be called the original discoverer of tin 
quartz lodes in the York country.” 

The New York Times of July 23rd, 1903, through its special cor¬ 
respondent at Tacoma said: 

“The tin ledges along Bering Sea, north of Cape Nome, will 
become a factor in the world’s tin supply, according to experts 
who have been examining them during the Spring and Summer. 

W. C. J. Bartels, the original discoverer of the tin quartz lodes at 
Cape York, went to New York last Fall and formed a company, 
which will exploit the tin resources of that region to the fullest 
extent. Hurrying down Yukon River, Bartels arrived at Nome 
early in May, and immediately went to Cape York to commence 
preparations for erecting a plant to crush tin ore. 

The plant will be installed this Summer at a new town called 
Tin City, situated fifteen miles above Cape York and one mile 
from Cape Prince of Wales.” 

Again under date of September 11th, 1903, it says: 

“Ferdinand W. Peck is home from a two months’ trip in Alaska 
and Eastern Siberia, and has brought with him wonderful tales of 
the vast riches in that country. . . . Tin may in time rival 

gold as the leading product of the region. Enormous quantities 
of tin have been discovered at places near Cape Prince of Wales, 
and the deposits are of the lead and silver variety.” 




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As recently as October 31st, 1903, the Tacoma Daily News reports: 

“Arthur J. Collier, of the United States Geological survey, who 
recently returned from an official visit to Alaska, confirms the re¬ 
ported discovery of tin in the Lost River and Cape Prince of 
Wales districts in Northwestern Alaska. Cape Prince of Wales is 
a headland at the narrowest point in Bering Strait. The deposit 
of tin is said to be extensive, and its discovery may be regarded 
as one of the most important and valuable ones thus far made in 
Alaska. The United States has never developed any tin mines 
and now relies entirely upon importations of the metal. Our im¬ 
ports of pig tin during the year ending June 30, 1903, amounted 
to $23,618,802.” 



A TIN DEPOSIT ON CAPE MOUNTAIN 





TOPOGRAPHY of TIN CITY 


AND MINES OF THE 

lartds ©in iUmtttg Company. 

Tin City comprises a town site and a mill site located at the most 
westerly point of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, known as Cape Prince of 
Wales. 

The founding of a city so appropriately named, is a fitting cul¬ 
mination of the great service rendered to this country by Mr. Bartels 
in the discovery of these vast tin deposits. 

The area of Tin City, including all the mines and grounds of this 
Company, comprises about 1,300 acres. The city fronts on Bering 
Sea; its beach is about two miles long, its harbor is a well protected 
bay of deep water, mostly calm; a very desirable water front for load¬ 
ing and discharging vessels without the necessity of building expensive 
wharves and piers. 



CAPE MOUNTAIN 

Large vessels can anchor close to shore. The vessel, a three 
masted schooner of deep draught, carrying all the heavy machinery, 
supplies, etc., shipped to Tin City in 1903, by this Company, unloaded 
its cargo there by means of an ordinary scow without any mishap. 












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The advantages of such shipping facilities for the product of this 
Company’s mines can hardly be overestimated, in view of the fact that 
in the development of mining properties in far-off regions, the expense 
of transportation of freight overland, is often times so considerable as 
to become prohibitive. 

Water for all purposes is supplied in abundance from a creek, 
called Pauline Gulch. 

This creek is owned by this Company from its source to its outlet. 
It has a powerful waterfall as it gushes down the hill side. Its water 
can be easily stored in reservoirs by means of dams, rendering cheap 
power for milling, stamping and concentrating machinery, and furnish¬ 
ing ample supplies for washing ore, and all other requirements of a 
mining station 

When the mines are in full operation, a large population will be 
attracted thither. The miners, artisans, tradespeople and profession¬ 
als required, will form a good sized nucleus for a small city; in that 
event the value of land required for building lots will be greatly 
enhanced and increase the revenues of this Company considerably. 
A like result would be effected, if the proposed trans-continental rail¬ 
road to Europe via Siberia, should be built, as the crossing of Bering 
Strait would necessarily be close to Tin City, the most westerly point,* 
of land on American soil. 

Adjoining the town site of Tin City are the mines of the Bartels 
Tin Mining Company, as enumerated here: 


FOURTH OF JULY, 

MARTHA 

M1SP1CKEL 

LULU 

JUMBO 

URAL 

MERCURY 

RAINBOW 


NAMES OF 

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GLORY 

TIGER 

ZEBRA 

POINT 

AURORA 

EXCELSIOR 

NOBLE 

SONORA 

BENCH CLAIM. 


34 TIN MINES: 

SATURN 

JUPITER 

MARS 

VENUS 

BIRTHDAY 

BRONX 

TIN QUARTZ 

PLANET 

1 CAPE CREEK 


TREMONT 

LUCKY QUEEN 

PERCY 

COMSTOCK 

CANOE 

ASPEN 

RUSTY 

0 CAPE CREEK 




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Besides these, the Bartels Tin Mining- Company has an interest in the 
following tin claims: 


KATSKILL 

ARCTIC 

HOMESTAKE 

IRON 


KA ATERSKILL 
SUNRISE 
ELDORADO 
BONANZA 

2 Ci 


LITTLE JIM 
F AIRVIEW 
SUNSET 
NORTH STAR 
CREEK. 


LONG JOHN 
HIGH UP 
NATIONAL 
ROGERS 



ELECTRIC WIRES CONNECTING MINES WITH POWER HOUSE 


This Company also owns 8 Gold Placer claims and 2 Graphite 
claims. 

THE GOLD PLACER CLAIMS ARE NAMED: 

15b igloo creek 1Gb igloo creek 

BENCH OPPOSITE 16b IGLOO CREEK 
FRACTION IGLOO 1 FRAZIER CREEK 

1b PORTAGE CREEK 4a LAWSON 

9a LAWSON. 

THE GRAPHITE CLAIMS ARE NAMED: 


SENATOR AND REX. 






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The mountain on which the “Fourth of July” and the other 
mines are located, is known as “Cape Mountain.” Judge Wickersham 
of the Alaska District Court called it the “Cadet Mountain.” Its 
altitude is about 3000 feet above sea level. The uppermost 300 to 
400 feet form a very strong iron capping, which is the surest sign of a 
strong vein or ore body underneath. The folk lore of the natives 
(Esquimaux) is that their forefathers used to stick a pole of wood 
into the fissures of this mountain, hauling up in that way metal for 
making lead bullets. This legend can be explained by the fact that, 
during the period when the said capping or mountain top was in the 
course of formation, some strongly oxydizing gases and vapors must 
have been emitting at times, creating thereby the layers of iron pyrites 
with alloys of gold, silver, copper, arsenic and other metals now im¬ 
bedded there. 

Geological researches suggest that the topography of Cape Moun¬ 
tain underwent three separate terrestrial evolutions or upheavals, 
by which three distinct banks or plateaux were formed. The first 
layer rises about 120 feet above sea level, to a height of 300 feet, 
where the beginning of a second layer or plateau can easily be dis¬ 
tinguished. Marine limestone forms the eastern slope of the moun¬ 
tain, the projecting rock still showing very plainly the sea action, 
being washed smooth and polished by the weaves. This limestone is 
broken or intersected by small dikes of granite, in a direction from 
east to west, which are increasing in size in the run of their dip. A 
plateau starting about 1000 feet above sea level, marks the beginning 
of the third stratum or layer. Here, loose rock or slide rock is found 
strewn all over. Veins of tin can be easily traced, as shoots of ore 
occur here and there at the edge or rim of the plateau. 

Ore projects, in this manner, from the size of the smallest pebbles 
to 100 pounds in weight, assaying from 2^ to nearly 70^ of metallic tin. 
Fossils, species of which can be seen at our offices, are found in 
abundance in this stratum, which would indicate the formation to be 
of silurian age. This last plateau rises to a height of about 3000 feet 
above the level of the sea, forming the mountain top, and is visible 
at a great distance from all directions, appearing to the eye as a 
mountain wearing an iron hood. From its summit the eastern coast 
of Siberia in Asia can be readily seen. 




THE PLANT 


OF THE 

Cartels (Hiu Hitting Company, 

AND 

WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT ITS MINES. 


This Company has the distinction of having installed the first 
large, complete electric plant in the far North West, both for light 
and power. The plant furnishes light for the machine and engine 
houses, dwellings, sleeping, mess, storage and office buildings and 
transmits power for the drills and sundry machinery. 



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MILL SITE IN TIN CITY 


Four miles of heavy wire mounted on poles connect the following 
mines with the powerhouse: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Excelsior, Aurora, 
Fourth of July, Venus, Birthday, Bronx, Tremont, and Lucky Queen. 






BARTELS TIN MINING COMPANY 


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Ten thousand feet of additional wire are at the mill site awaiting the 
opening of the season, when every mine will be electrically con¬ 
nected. This net of wires will transmit the electric current to every 
point of importance, enabling the miner to carry his drill to any 
given point and have it in full operation within an hour’s time. 

The machinery and drills now at the mill site, and in fact the 
entire plant, will be augmented as soon as the shipping season opens 
by additional drills, ore crushers, stamping mills, and, in short, a 
complete concentrating plant, including everything required to pro¬ 
duce marketable metal at the mines. Among other things it will 
include all the requisite parts for the erection of a turbine to utilize 
the water of Pauline Creek, for power purposes. 

The fear that water works could be of service during the 
summer season only, is easily dispelled by the fact that Dawson City, 
in the Yukon district, enjoys such all the year around in spite of 
the fact that the thermometer reaches, in winter time, 68° below 
zero, while in Tin City the average temperature of winter is only 
27°, and in the coldest season, never goes below 40°. Of course, 
electric as well as water plants require proper housing, and water 
pipes must be accordingly encased and boxed to guard against the 
cold; these requirements complied with, the plant can be operated 
at all times. 

The proper installation of new machinery, and the running of the 
entire plant, will be entrusted to an expert mining engineer, whose 
duty it will be to plan and work out all features of advantage. 

He will have the guiding hand of our General Manager, Mr. 
Bartels, who has spent the better part of his life in mining enterprises 
of the most varied nature, and his acknowledged genius, as a creative 
mind, will certainly bring forth the best and most favorable results. 

A fine wagon road leading from the water front to the mill site 
was recently completed. The rails for a narrow gauge railway are 
now on the premises, so that by next summer, transportation to the 
water front by rail will become an accomplished fact. It is also in¬ 
tended to connect, as soon as possible, the mines with a narrow gauge 
spur, so as to facilitate transportation. The great economical feature 
of such a railway can be appreciated, since it can be operated, without 
expense, by gravity. 

L.of C. 




fhnsperts 

OF THE 

BARTELS TIN MINING COMPANY. 


In working at the “Fourth of July,” “Martha,” “Mispickel,” 
“Noble,” “Tin Quartz” and “Rusty” mines, small ledges of cinna¬ 
bar, running almost parallel with the tin veins, were found. A cop¬ 
per ledge was discovered last summer between two tin veins. 

At the “Tiger” mine, a level or tunnel of thirty-five feet was 
driven for the strike of the vein. Every inch of rock removed assayed 
metallic tin, as per certificate on page 14: “ Sample No. 2, Coarse 
Granite,” and that, too, in the face of the fact that the vein proper 
was not reached and mere country rock, only, was removed. 



TUNNEL OR LEVEL 35 FEET AT “TIGER MINE” 

On “ Lucky Queen,” a very large vein of tin is laid bare, the 
ore assaying as high as 62.60 and 53.27 per cent, and traces of gold. 




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Considerable work was done at this mine, but, so far, the strike of 
the vein could not be reached, the plane of stratification being very 
much broken up, and slide rock, loose rock and vein matter being 
plentiful. The vein is, however, to all appearances, very large. 
Without finding its walls the size of the vein could not be ascertained, 
and considerable more work will have to be done to attain the 
desired result. 

On the “Comstock” mine a large bed of ore was found, assaying 
40 per cent tin and 34.7 per cent of tungsten. 

On the “Birthday” mine one tunnel was started, and on the 
“Fourth of July” mine two tunnels were started. 



TIN ORE MINED AT “LUCKY QUEEN’' 


This Company has tin ore from its different mines at its office, 
No. 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. These were brought down 
at the close of the season of 1903 by Mr. Bartels. Assays have been 
made and the result has been certified as follows on next page. 







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BARTELS TIN MINING COMPANY 


LEDOUX & COMPANY, 
Engineers, Chemists and Assayers, 
99 John Street, New York. 

No. 77995. December 1, 1903. 

Certificate of Analysis. 

Sir : 

The samples of Tin Ore and Associated Rocks from the 
Bartels Tin Mining Company, marked as below and submitted to 
us for analysis, contain :— 

Mark No. 1 , Rich specimen—Tin, 62.60$ 

No. 2, Coarse Granite—The sample is a syenite rock, 
feldspar and quartz. A portion of it was concentrated by pan¬ 
ning, yielding concentrates amounting to 0.27$, which contain¬ 
ed 19.94$ of tin, equivalent to .05$ of tin in the original sample. 

Your ob’t serv’ts, 

To Ledoux & Company. 

Bartels Tin [Mining Company, 

Metropolitan Life Building, 

No. / Madison zA venue, 

Tfew York City. 


Chemical and Assay Laboratories 

of 

SIMONDS & WAIN WRIGHT, 
159 Front Street. 

Cor. of Maiden Lane. 

No. 4406. Certificate or Analysis. 


The sample of Ore 

Mark No. 1 
Contains:— 
Tin—53.27$ 


New York, December 8th, 1903. 


Respectfully, 


To Simonds & Wainwright. 

Bartels Tin [Mining Company, 

Metropolitan Life 'Building, 

No. i Madison Avenue, 

[Pfew York City. 




itfutmtrial itattrra. 

All preparatory work for the successful operation of the mines of 
this Company having been done, comparatively but little time will 
be required now to produce, with the plant installed and the auxiliary 
machinery to be acquired, the real article, Tin Concentrates, ready 
for the market; and it is reasonably sure, barring unforeseen acci¬ 
dents, that the first shipments of tin from the mines will be made 
during the summer season of 1904. 

To provide for the necessary working capital and pay for the 
needed machinery, as enumerated elsewhere, the Board of Directors 
offers herewith a limited number of shares of the Bartels Tin Min¬ 
ing Company to be sold at $1.50 each, which may be bought and sub¬ 
scribed for at the offices of this Company, at Rooms No. 1009-1010, 
Metropolitan Building, No. 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. 

It may be stated here that every share issued and sold by this 
Company is held by business men of moderate means, no bankers, 
financiers, neither any syndicate of such men being interested as stock¬ 
holders, financial agents or as a trust depositary, nor in any other 
capacity; therefore, a more than fair return on money to be invested, 
may be reasonably expected by any subscriber to the above block 
of shares. - 

This Company has no debts and no salaried officers or paid 
promoters. 

The affairs of this Company are managed gratuitously until it 
becomes dividend bearing by the development of its resources, all 
of which forms the best guaranties for a safe and well paying 
investment. 

J. REHHAUSER, President. 

EUGENE C. BONDY, Secretary. 




















FINANCIAL STATEMENT 


OF THE 

Cartels ®tn ^Mining Ghmtpatuj. 


The Bartels Tin Mining Company was incorporated, on 
November 11th, 1902, under the laws of South Dakota, with a 
capital stock of $5,000,000.00, divided into an equal number of 
shares of $1.00 each, all common stock. 

All mines owned by this Company were purchased from the 
original owners, and paid for, with the entire capital stock of 
$5,000,000.00, in shares, making the said capital stock—full paid 
and non-assessable. 

In order to provide for the requisite working capital, the 
original owners retained only 750,000 shares and donated the 
balance of 4,250,000 to the Treasury of the Company; of the lat¬ 
ter, a sufficient number were sold at par and the money realized 
therefrom was used exclusively, for the payment of the Electric 
Plant, the buildings, supplies and provisions at the mill site as 
well as, all expenses, such as wages, etc., leaving a substantial 
cash balance on hand, at the end of 1904 and no debts. 

The officers of this Company have been and are still render¬ 
ing their services, in the management of its affairs,—gratui¬ 
tously—, consequently no burdensome expenses are being in¬ 
curred, only incidentals of a trifling nature. The additional 
capital now being attracted by a limited number of shares 
offered to the Public at $1.50 each, will be strictly applied to¬ 
wards the completion of a well appointed and perfect plant 
promising quick and actual results, and the Directors of this 
Company will bend all their energies in an effort to pay the first 
dividends during the year 1904. 

It is within the powers of the stockholders of this Company, 
after the mines are upon a paying basis, to decide upon the dis¬ 
posal of the shares remaining as treasury stock, as it must be 
borne in mind that “treasury stock” as such cannot participate 
in the distribution of dividends, therefore it will be either can¬ 
celled or distributed, pro rata, among the actual stockholders. 

With the comparatively small amount of capital and the 
enormous value of the mines of this Company, investments to 
be made, by subscribing to its shares, will be considered as of a 
most attractive nature, therefore speedy applications should be 
made to avoid being too late. 


TELEPHONE 4995 GRAMERCY. 


J. REHHAUSER, President. 
EUGENE C. BONDY, Secy. 







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